Common Factors in Psychotherapy Outcome: Meta-Analytic Findings and Their Implications for Practice and Research

Families in Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-90

  Drisko, James W ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 2142840986     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.239     Document Type: Review

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